The College of the Siskiyous Lady Eagles basketball team received two pieces of good news on Monday.

First, it was announced that COS is hosting a first round playoff game on Saturday in the California Community Colleges 2013 Championships. The Lady Eagles, the No. 5 seed, is set to face No. 12 seed Chabot at 7 p.m. Saturday in Weed. COS, the Golden Valley Conference champions this season are 20-5 overall, while Chabot comes in at 17-11 overall.

The Lady Eagles have already faced Chabot twice this season. On Nov. 20, COS won 88-51 and earned a 69-60 victory on Nov. 29.

The second piece of good news is that sophomore post player Anna Cameron has been honored for her exceptional play this season. Cameron, a native of New Zealand and the leading scorer for COS, was named the GVC Most Valuable Player and was named the most valuable women's community college basketball player in Northern California, COS head coach Tom Powers said. While two COS players have been named runner-up before, this is the first time a Lady Eagles player has received this honor, he said.

"She had a great year," Powers said about Cameron. Also receiving first team GVC first team honors for COS was freshman Carrie Watson, a Yreka High graduate, and sophomores Hailey Wales and Shyanna Ashworth.

With facing Chabot for a third time this season, Powers said that while it would had been nice to play an opponent they had not faced twice before, he said he was still pleased to be hosting a home playoff game in Weed. Considering the long distances the majority of teams have to travel and the enthusiastic crowds at COS, Powers said that "no one wants to travel to Weed to see us.” And, Powers added, since they have faced Chabot twice before they have a good idea of what to expect from their opponent and said that he and the team are excited to be back in the playoffs again this year in a fairly favorable bracket.

"It was nice to get a good seed," he said.

The Lady Eagles have been perennial playoffs participants in the 27 years Powers have been coach, with only a few times in all those years they have not earned a playoff berth.

It is the Lady Eagles goal this year to make the final four, Powers said, and believes the squad has the talent to accomplish this. Last year, the Lady Eagles won in the first round before falling in a second round game.

"The girls are fired up," Powers said. "Our goal is to make the final four and see what we can do there."